If your goal is to learn French, but you’re finding it hard to memorize the days of the week, you’re in the right place: it’s time to learn how to pronounce and write the days of the week in French. After using our tips and tricks, you won’t have any more problems discussing your weekly routine with your French conversation partners!


days of the week in French

What will you find in this article?

Table of contents
  1. How to learn the days of the week in French
  2. Pronunciation of the days of the week in French
    1. For kids
  3. How to write the days of the week in French
  4. Useful expressions of time in French
  5. How do you say these days of celebration in French?
    1. Other holidays that you should know how to say in French:
  6. Go Further

How to learn the days of the week in French

Les jours de la semaine – the days of the week – are relatively easy in the sense that they don’t present specific difficulties for beginners. In order to master the days of the week in French, you need to memorize and practice their pronunciation and spelling. Unlike in English, the days of the week in French are not capitalized unless they’re at the beginning of a sentence. 

Pronunciation of the days of the week in French

EnglishFrenchPronunciation
MondayLundi
TuesdayMardi
WednesdayMercredi
ThursdayJeudi
FridayVendredi
SaturdaySamedi
SundayDimanche

In the table above, you can click to listen to the pronunciation of the days of the week in French. As you can see, it’s not very difficult. However, if you find it boring to listen to the pronunciations one by one, you can always watch the videos that we suggest in the following paragraph!

For kids

If you want to learn the days of the week in French while having fun with your kids, there are many videos on YouTube that can help. 

Les jours de la semaine by Pierre Lozère

Bonjour Lundi, comment va Mardi? by Agathe MD

Les jours de la semaine pour les enfants by Foufou Channel – In this video, you can also learn how to write the days of the week in French – which is what we’ll talk about next!

How to write the days of the week in French

Monday in French is Lundi

Tuesday in French is Mardi

Wednesday in French is Mercredi

Thursday in French is Jeudi

Friday in French is Vendredi

Saturday in French is Samedi

Sunday in French is Dimanche

Useful expressions of time in French

In addition to the days of the week, to refer to the moment of a specific action and to what you do during the week, you’ll find these expressions useful:

  • Every day: tous les jours
  • Yesterday: hier
  • Tomorrow: demain
  • Today: aujourd’hui
  • To talk about the weekend, you can use la fin de semaine, or you can just use the English phrase “the weekend”

To ask what day it is there are several phrases you can use, so you can pick your favorite:

  • Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd’hui ?
  • Quel jour est-on aujourd’hui ?
  • C’est quel jour aujourd’hui ?
  • Quel jour est-on ?

If you want to say, for example, that every Tuesday you go to the movies, you can say:  Je vais au cinéma tous les mardis, or even Je vais au cinéma chaque mardi. Also you can say, finally, Le mardi, je vais au cinéma.

To say “tomorrow” or “Thursday” we’ll use the preposition à: à demain, à jeudi.

How do you say these days of celebration in French?

New Year’s Eve: Jour de l’An

Easter Sunday: Pâques

Easter Monday: Lundi de Pâques

Labor Day: Fête du travail

Ascension: Ascension

Pentecost Sunday: Pentecôte

Pentecost Monday: Lundì de Pentecôte

Assumption: Assomption

All Saints’ Day: Toussaint

Armistice (Commemoration of the fallen during the First World War): Armistice de 1918

Christmas: Noël

Fête nationale (caída de la Bastilla el 14 de julio)

Fête de la victoire de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (8 de mayo)

 

Other holidays that you should know how to say in French:

Epiphany: Épiphanie

Saint Valentine: Saint Valentin

Mardi Gras: Mardi Gras (we already use this one in English!)

Mother’s Day: Fête des Mères

Father’s Day: Fête des Pères

Saint Sylvester: Saint Sylvestre

Fête de la Musique (el 21 de junio)

Go Further

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